September 14, 2025 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would host an event honoring Kirk. I would invite all those who knew Kirk to speak at that event. If I was still an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, I would urge the organization to host a similar event. While I did not know Kirk, I know/knew many who knew Kirk .- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar dies at 79
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jim-edgar-death-former-republican-illinois-governor-dies-age-79/17816264/
— Democrat leaders use Mexican Independence Day parade to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mexican-independence-day-parade-held-little-village-show-pride-amid-ice-raids-not-going-let-anyone-scare-us/17816100/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders use Mexican Independence Day parade to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mexican-independence-day-parade-goes-on-in-little-village-amid-ice-enforcement-worries/3823934/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders use Mexican Independence Day parade to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-mexican-independence-day-parade-little-village-ice-activity-worries/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-leaders-condemn-ice-incidents

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/14/activist-ice-little-village-court-petition/
— Anticipate/expect ever-increasing hatred against Kirk from Democrat leaders.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/14/charlie-kirks-killing-critics/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— National Guard members, employees run the gamut politically, based on a review of their campaign giving
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/09/14/national-guard-chicago-president-trump-campaign-contributions-illinois
— The murder of Charlie Kirk prompted a lot of liberals to miss the point in a startling public fashion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/09/14/charlie-kirk-assassination-social-media-battle-liberals-conservatives

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders want to protect hate-filled Kirk-hating Kirk-haters
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/employees-face-backlash-termination-for-public-comments-on-charlie-kirks-assassination-office-depot-american-airlines-sean-duffy-vigil-x-statement-clemson-college-anastasios-kamoutsas-teachers-educators-social-media

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/bloomington-normal-groups-rally-in-solidarity-with-chicago-against-ice-actions/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Charlie Kirk: A Man for All Seasons
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/09/11/charlie-kirk-a-man-for-all-seasons

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Gets 18,000 Requests for New Chapters
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/14/charlie-kirks-turning-point-gets-18000-requests-for-new-chapters/
— Former Governor Jim Edgar Dies of Pancreatic Cancer, Looking at Legislation, Especially Income Taxes & Pensions
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/14/former-governor-jim-edgar-dies-of-pancreatic-cancer-looking-at-legislation-especially-income-taxes-pensions/
— D300 School Board President Nancy Zettler Writes Charlie Kirk Assassination Was “Karma”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/14/d300-school-board-president-nancy-zettler-writes-charlie-kirk-assassination-was-karma/
— Crystal Lake Grade School Board Considering Censuring Colleague
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/14/crystal-lake-grade-school-board-considering-censuring-colleague/,
— Democrats Plan Taxing Everyone to Subsidize 9% Who Take Mass Transit to Work
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/14/11549/
— NPR: Motive of the Shooter Not Known
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/13/npr-we-dont-know-the-motive-of-the-shooter/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— House Speaker Michael Johnson vows to defend Charlie Kirk’s legacy and carry forward his message
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/14/michael-johnson-house-speaker-vows-defend-charlie-kirks-legacy-carry/
— Kirk’s assassin lived with transgender romantic partner and had left-wing views, Utah governor says
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/14/investigators-examine-transgender-leftist-ideology-motives-charlie/
— Trump sees Charlie Kirk’s slaying as an attack on MAGA movement
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/14/lindsey-graham-south-carolina-republican-trump-sees-charlie-kirks/
— Rifle in Charlie Kirk killing complicates the usual gun-control narrative
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/14/rifle-charlie-kirk-killing-complicates-usual-gun-control-narrative/
— Bondi, DOJ overhaul immigration rulings to clamp down on bogus asylum claims
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/14/bondi-doj-overhaul-immigration-rulings-clamp-bogus-asylum-claims/
— Democrats’ moderately liberal mask slipping off. Party faces identity crisis as socialism takes center stage.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/14/democrats-moderately-liberal-mask-slipping/
— Our sons are in crisis, and we’re all paying the price. We must teach our boys how to be men.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/14/sons-crisis-paying-price/
— The left’s evil response to Charlie Kirk’s murder. The Turning Point USA founder was executed for being a Christian.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/14/lefts-evil-response-charlie-kirks-murder/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Charlie Kirk’s murder shines light on a nation divided
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3805967/charlie-kirk-murder-nation-divided-political-violence/
— What do Democrats know about solving Chicago’s problems?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3805864/what-do-democrats-know-about-solving-chicagos-problems/
— Denver school shooting suspect expressed neo-Nazi views online
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3806939/denver-school-shooting-suspect-neo-nazi-views-online/

NEW YORK POST
— Kirk assassination suspect had ‘furry’ fixation, and his trans boyfriend proclaimed support for Biden on social media
https://nypost.com/2025/09/14/us-news/charlie-kirk-assassination-suspect-had-furry-fixation-trans-boyfriend-proclaimed-support-for-bidden/
— Charlie Kirk assassination investigation widens to probe whether pro-trans, online groups knew in advance
https://nypost.com/2025/09/14/us-news/charlie-kirk-assassination-investigation-widens-to-probe-pro-trans-online-groups/
— Chicago Dem pol wants Trump to send in the National Guard — and says ‘half’ of city leaders agree but are too scared to admit it
https://nypost.com/2025/09/14/us-news/chicago-democratic-leader-wants-trump-to-send-in-the-national-guard/
— Utah Gov. Spencer Cox decries ‘cancer’ of social media and its ‘direct role’ in every assassination over past 5 years
https://nypost.com/2025/09/14/us-news/utah-gov-savages-cancer-of-social-media-played-a-direct-role-in-every-single-assassination-over-past-five-years/
— Minneapolis shooting was driven by anti-Catholic hatred that the media ignores
https://nypost.com/2025/09/14/opinion/minneapolis-shooting-was-driven-by-anti-catholic-hatred-media-ignores/
— Charlie Kirk’s assassination is the result of a decade of anti-Trump rhetoric from the left
https://nypost.com/2025/09/13/opinion/michael-goodwin-charlie-kirks-assassination-is-the-result-of-a-decade-of-anti-trump-rhetoric-from-the-left/
— Charlie Kirk lived out the mission that our universities betrayed
https://nypost.com/2025/09/14/opinion/charlie-kirk-lived-out-the-mission-our-universities-betrayed/
— Teen in t-shirt similar to one worn by accused Charlie Kirk killer tramples memorial outside Turning Point USA
https://nypost.com/2025/09/14/us-news/teen-tramples-charlie-kirk-memorial-outside-turning-point-usa/

BREITBART
— Pritzker, Newsom Promoted Trump Death Jokes Before Kirk Assassination
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/14/pritzker-newsom-promoted-trump-death-jokes-before-kirk-assassination/

DAILY WIRE
— Democrat Strategist Called Kirk A ‘Terrible Demon Boy’ Just Days Before Murder. She previously did work for both Buttigieg and Biden.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-strategist-called-charlie-kirk-a-terrible-demon-boy-just-days-before-murder

EPOCH TIMES
— Charlie Kirk Assassination Stirs Fears of Rising Political Violence
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/charlie-kirk-assassination-stirs-fears-of-rising-political-violence-5913784

FOX NEWS
— Details emerge from investigation into Kirk assassination
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/charlie-kirk-shooting-utah-memorial-9-14-2025

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: 59% of Young Voters Support Income Caps, 40% Support Penalties for Free Speech, and 59% Support UN Authority Over the United States. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been grossly overpaid.
https://heartland.org/opinion/heartland-rasmussen-poll-59-of-young-voters-support-income-caps-40-support-penalties-for-free-speech-and-59-support-un-authority-over-the-united-states/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Income Caps: A majority (59%) of young voters support imposing maximum income levels for individuals. Support for various income ceilings included $100M (17%), $10M (15%), $1M (12%), $500k (8%), $200k (4%), $100k (4%), whereas only 27% opposed the income caps outright.)

NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Returns to Form: Democrats Spew ‘White Supremacist’ Crime Crackdown, ICE ‘Terrorism’
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/09/14/msnbc-returns-form-dems-spew-white-supremacist-crime-crackdown

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Utah Gov. Cox shares more details from investigation into motive of Kirk shooting suspect
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/utah-gov-cox-shares-more-details-from-investigation-into-motive-of-kirk-shooting-suspect

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/chicago-area-residents-mourn-immigrant-fatally-shot-after-injuring-ice-agent-2025-09-14/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— More Americans Are Stuck With the Jobs They Can Get, Not the Ones They Want. I wanted a career in the automotive industry. That ended when I was 22 years old in 1971 when my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer because it just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS. My father had died suddenly in 1969 and I was helping support my mother and brother.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/underemployed-americans-part-time-jobs-a203308e

September 13, 2025

If/when a Kirk vigil is held in your county, township, and/or municipality, how many would attend? Who would attend? While I cannot say that I knew Kirk, I know many people who knew him. No individuals or organizations have notified me of any Kirk vigils in DuPage County, Milton Township, or Wheaton. I should write about the ever-increasing Democrat-led and RINO-led anti-conservatism in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.

FOX NEWS
— Utah students lift voices in prayer at vigil for Charlie Kirk’s Christian legacy: ‘Felt called by God’  Charlie Kirk, 31, remembered for faith and courage as mourners celebrate his life and legacy.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/utah-students-lift-voices-prayer-vigil-charlie-kirks-christian-legacy-felt-called-god
— Charlie Kirk’s wife Erika addresses nation in first remarks
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/charlie-kirk-shooting-utah-valley-university-9-12-2025
— Erika Kirk delivers moving tribute to husband, Charlie: ‘I will never let your legacy die’  Erika Kirk vows to keep her husband’s mission alive.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/erika-kirk-breaks-silence-after-husband-charlies-assassination-address-turning-point-usa-headquarters
— Video captures fight erupting at Charlie Kirk vigil after activist reportedly shouts profanity at crowd. Terry Wilson, a local Black Lives Matter activist, reportedly shouted ‘F— Charlie Kirk’ before sparking a massive vigil brawl.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-captures-fight-erupting-charlie-kirk-vigil-after-activist-reportedly-shouts-profanity-crowd

BREITBART
— Charlie Kirk Home State GOP Lawmakers (Miller, Bost, & LaHood) Introduce Resolution Condemning Assassination, Honoring Legacy
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/12/charlie-kirk-home-state-gop-lawmakers-introduce-resolution-condemning-assassination-honoring-legacy/

ABC NEWS
— Erika Kirk delivers emotional remarks to the nation after killing of husband Charlie Kirk
https://abcnews.go.com/US/charlie-kirks-widow-erika-set-deliver-1st-public/story?id=125528319

NBC NEWS
— London braces for mass far-right rally where Charlie Kirk will be mourned. Tens of thousands of people are expected to descend on the British capital for the largest far-right rally in decades, organized by anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/london-braces-mass-far-right-rally-charlie-kirk-will-mourned-rcna230978

CBS NEWS
— New Yorkers gather in Madison Square Park to mourn Charlie Kirk
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-charlie-kirk-vigil/
— Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk, speaks out for first time since fatal shooting
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/erika-kirk-address-charlie-kirk-fatal-shooting/
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/erika-kirk-speaks-publicly-first-time-since-fatal-shooting-of-her-husband-charlie-kirk/

NBC NEWS
— Charlie Kirk’s widow vows husband’s mission will continue
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/charlie-kirks-widow-vows-husbands-mission-will-continue-rcna230951
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/charlie-kirk-s-wife-erika-speaks-out-for-first-time-since-husband-s-shooting-death-247504965934

CNN
— Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika speaks publicly for the first time since his death
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/us/video/charlie-kirk-wife-erika-first-public-comments-digvid

NEWSWEEK
— Office Depot has issued an apology after one of its employees refused to make posters featuring conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The worker at a Michigan Office Depot was fired after allegedly refusing to print the posters for a vigil honoring Kirk, who was shot and killed while delivering a speech under a tent to a large crowd on campus at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday. The posters were ordered by the Kalamazoo County Republican Party for a vigil that took place at Bronson Park in downtown Kalamazoo on Friday evening. Why It Matters. The incident underscores the growing tension between corporate neutrality, employee discretion, and political polarization in the U.S.
https://www.newsweek.com/office-depot-charlie-kirk-firing-2129303

MSNBC
— Erika Kirk remembers her husband Charlie Kirk in first public address since his killing
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/erika-kirk-widow-of-charlie-kirk-makes-first-public-remarks-since-his-fatal-shooting-247504965558

ABC7
— Democrat leaders use Kirk assassination to diminish Second Amendment rights
https://abc7chicago.com/post/charlie-kirk-death-illinois-lawmakers-share-security-concerns-wake-shooting-chicago-native-turning-point-usa-founder/17803541/
— 3 deputies injured in struggle with suspect, fall down escalator at DuPage County Courthouse
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dupage-county-courthouse-fight-3-deputies-injured-during-struggle-suspect-fall-down-escalator-officials-say/17802942/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbotLoHZJPM

WGLT
— Young Republican leaders in Central Illinois share what connected them to Charlie Kirk
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-09-12/young-republican-leaders-in-central-illinois-share-what-connected-them-to-charlie-kirk

WCIA
— U of I students host vigil in honor of Charlie Kirk
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/u-of-i-students-host-vigil-in-honor-of-charlie-kirk/

IPM NEWS
— Conservative activist Charlie Kirk remembered on the University of Illinois South Quad
https://ipmnewsroom.org/conservative-activist-charlie-kirk-remembered-on-the-university-of-illinois-south-quad/

BEVERLY MOUNT GREENWOOD PATCH
— Vigils For Slain Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk Held In Chicago And Suburbs
https://patch.com/illinois/beverly-mtgreenwood/vigils-slain-conservative-activist-charlie-kirk-held-chicago-suburbs

NEW YORK TIMES
— Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/opinion/charlie-kirk-assassination-fear-politics.html
— Right-Wing Activists Urge Followers to Expose Those Celebrating Kirk Killing. The widespread and fast-moving campaign has already resulted in lost jobs, suspensions and internal investigations, heightening tensions online between supporters and detractors of Charlie Kirk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/us/politics/charlie-kirk-shooting-firings-celebration.html
— NPR and PBS have existed to promote the Democrat Party platform
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/politics/public-broadcasting-cuts.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Schools tried to ban phones and avoid politics. Then came Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University sent shockwaves through classrooms worldwide.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/13/charlie-kirk-shooting-video-school/7f1a4d54-9056-11f0-8260-0712daa5c125_story.html

BOSTON HERALD
— Campus progressives preach tolerance, produce violence
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/09/13/graham-campus-progressives-preach-tolerance-produce-violence/

WCCS RADIO
— Secret Service employee who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination put on immediate leave. What percent of federal employees are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters?
https://www.wccsradio.com/rss/secret-service-employee-who-celebrated-charlie-kirks-assassination-put-on-immediate-leave/

FOX LOS ANGELES
— Charlie Kirk vigil held in downtown LA
https://www.foxla.com/news/downtown-la-charlie-kirk-vigil

CW 39 HOUSTON
— Charlie Kirk vigil held in London
https://cw39.com/news/nationworld/watch-charlie-kirk-vigil-held-in-london/

LOCAL 3 NEWS
— Fundraiser for Charlie Kirk’s family has raised almost $4 million
https://www.local3news.com/local-news/fundraiser-for-charlie-kirks-family-has-raised-almost-4-million/article_6350a520-5194-4872-a137-ef44d3ac30ba.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Suspect Was Once Promising Student. I was never a promising student. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/who-tyler-robinson-charlie-kirk-suspect-814fd21f
— Friendship With Charlie Kirk Helped Propel JD Vance to Vice Presidency
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/jd-vance-charlie-kirk-relationship-f6db26e0
— A Friendship With Kirk Helped Vance Get Ahead
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/charlie-kirk-shot/card/a-friendship-with-kirk-helped-vance-get-ahead-QBuM9yOCdX3x8AiIOZY6
— Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Feels Like a Hinge Point. What a disaster for the young. It will forever shape their understanding of politics in America. If I had been active in Republican politics, a) the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/charlie-kirks-assassination-feels-like-a-hinge-point-01dd4f72
— Why Do So Many Young Americans Justify Political Violence? Ninety-three percent of baby boomers think it’s never acceptable. Only 56% of Gen Z agrees.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-do-so-many-young-americans-justify-political-violence-ee8d2e2d
— Older Democrats Defy Calls for Retirement.  My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates wanted me to retire when I became eligible when I was 45 in 1993. They succeeded in forcing me to take GAO’s retirement “offer” just before it expired in 1997. I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until I was 55 in 2003. Being forced to retire early is devastating.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/democrats-retirement-congress-798f6794
— Dropping Out of College. If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA in 1976, GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/what-dropping-out-of-college-taught-me-about-finding-my-calling-ee839158

FORBES
— Vigil Held For Charlie Kirk Outside Turning Point USA Legacy Center In Lemont, Illinois
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmXdkhDUPaQ

POLITICO
— Charlie Kirk’s widow says Turning Point will carry on after the assassination of her husband
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/12/charlie-kirks-widow-says-turning-point-will-carry-on-after-the-assassination-of-her-husband-00562792

DAILY BEAST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say that Charlie Kirk suspect’s grandma says family is all MAGA
https://www.thedailybeast.com/charlie-kirk-suspects-grandma-says-family-is-all-maga/

TIMES OF INDIA
— How suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing went from scholarship winner to wanted man. Did you get a scholarship? My critics/opponents have always used my not getting a scholarship against me. They stress that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-plus/international/how-suspect-in-charlie-kirks-killing-went-from-scholarship-winner-to-wanted-man/articleshow/123865240.cms

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Charlie Kirk’s books hit Amazon top 10
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/charlie-kirks-books-hit-amazon-top-10-how-donald-trump-jr-is-benefiting-from-his-death/articleshow/123855127.cms?from=mdr
— What campus crusader Charlie Kirk meant to Trump
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/what-campus-crusader-charlie-kirk-meant-to-trump/amp_articleshow/123853977.cms

INDEPENDENT
— Charlie Kirk’s widow says will never let husband’s ‘legacy’ die
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/charlie-kirk-shooting-tyler-robinson-suspect-erika-live-updates-b2825825.html

BBC
— ‘His voice will remain,’ Charlie Kirk’s widow vows. ‘I will never let your legacy die’ – Charlie Kirk’s widow gives tearful address after shooting.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9je8lxge4o
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cdx2q24l1zqt

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: In announcing for governor, Republican Ted Dabrowski leaves more questions than answers. The mainstream news media exists to destroy Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/ted-dabrowski-announces-run-illinois-governor/
— Protests flare at ICE facility in Broadview even as President Donald Trump deploys National Guard to Memphis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/immigration-protests-broadview-guard-memphis/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: The Chicago Tribune exists to promote illegal immigration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/ice-agents-fatally-shoot-man-franklin-park/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/flower-vendor-operation-midway-blitz/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: The Chicago Sun-times exists to promote illegal immigration
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/12/ice-officer-fatally-shoots-man-during-traffic-stop-in-chicago-suburb-authorities-say
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/09/12/head-start-preschool-trump-administration-immigrants-lawsuits-aclu

DAILY HERALD
— Addison Township sues ex-supervisor over money spent for pickup truck
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250912/news/addison-township-sues-ex-supervisor-over-money-spent-for-pickup-truck/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Polling Shows Darin Bailey Wipeout of Opponents
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/13/polling-shows-darin-bailey-wipeout-of-opponents/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Pivots From Chicago, Redirects National Guard to Memphis, Citing Local Political Support
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/trump-pivots-from-chicago-redirects-national-guard-to-memphis-citing-local-political-support.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrant shot dead after striking officer with vehicle in Chicago
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3805866/illegal-immigrant-shot-dead-chicago/

DAILY SIGNAL
— A Society Paralyzed by the Presence of Evil
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/12/a-society-paralyzed-by-the-presence-of-evil/

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Illinois Congresswoman Mary Miller Moves to Protect Roads From Sanctuary State Negligence
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/illinois-house-republican-sanctuary-states-gambling-with-american-lives
— White House Singles Out Jackson, Mississippi as a Safe Haven for Criminals
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/white-house-mississippi-sanctuary-cities-karoline-leavitt

September 11, 2025 Evening Edition

I know/knew many people who knew Kirk.

The more that you rely on the Democrat mainstream news media, the more that you will become anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage and family, anti-those who have more money than you, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than your ancestors.

Ever-increasingly, the Democrat mainstream news media hints/implies/argues/shouts that Trump caused Kirk’s assassination.

ILLINOIS GOP
— ILGOP Responds to Pritzker’s Vile Comments on Charlie Kirk. On Wednesday, immediately following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Governor Pritzker doubled down on the violent political rhetoric the left is known for, and blamed President Trump for the despicable, violent act that occurred in Utah. Speaking to reporters, Pritzker said that, “there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president’s rhetoric often foments it.” ILGOP Chair Kathy Salvi released the following statement: “JB Pritzker is a despicable human being for using this tragedy to take political shots and launch his campaign for president. Not only are these comments dangerous and unacceptable, but Pritzker seemingly ignores the fact that left-wing shooters attempted to assassinate President Trump during the 2024 campaign. Political violence has no place in this country and the ILGOP continues to pray for Charlie Kirk’s family.” Don’t Forget: in April, Pritzker stoked a New Hampshire crowd in calling for political violence.
https://illinois.gop/ilgop-responds-to-pritzkers-vile-comments-on-charlie-kirk/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Charlie Kirk shooting: Images of person of interest released, $100K reward announced amid manhunt. Cartridges with “transgender and anti-fascist” writing on them were found.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/charlie-kirk-shooting-fbi-appeals-tips-manhunt-continues/17791749/

NBC5
— Trump orders US, Illinois flags at half-staff through Sunday in honor of Charlie Kirk
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-orders-us-illinois-flags-at-half-staff-through-sunday-in-honor-of-charlie-kirk/3822848/
— Images of person of interest in Charlie Kirk shooting released by FBI. Even as law enforcement officials revealed new details about an attack they called targeted, much remained unclear nearly 24 hours later, including the sniper’s identity, motive and whereabouts.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/images-of-person-of-interest-in-charlie-kirk-shooting-released-by-fbi/3822851/

CBS2
— Charlie Kirk’s political activism and Turning Point USA organization were born in Chicago suburbs.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-chicago-suburbs/
— Fellow Republicans, friends remember Charlie Kirk, shot and killed while speaking at university event in Utah.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/reactions-to-death-of-charlie-kirk/

FOX32
— Charlie Kirk’s casket to be flown on Air Force Two from Utah to Arizona
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/charlie-kirks-casket-be-flown-air-force-two-from-utah-arizona

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Friends recall Charlie Kirk, who started Turning Point USA in Chicago suburbs, as man who ‘inspired millions.’ Turning Point USA has a network of more than 800 campus chapters nationwide, including more than a dozen at Illinois colleges and universities.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/11/charlie-kirk-death-illinois-friends/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing protect and promote their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2025/09/11/mexican-independence-day-weekend-caravans-protest

DAILY HERALD
— ‘One of a kind’: Young suburbanites remember Kirk as mentor, friend
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250911/nation-and-world-politics/one-of-a-kind-young-suburbanites-remember-kirk-as-mentor-friend/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker floats executive action to regulate intoxicating hemp. Pot pushers want hemp to be regulated because hemp sales cut into pot sales.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/jb-pritzker-renews-delta-8-hemp-regulation-fight

WGN RADIO
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Joe Walsh
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/former-gop-congressman-joe-walsh-the-country-is-jarred-by-the-death-of-charlie-kirk/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-380/
— Charlie Kirk
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/11/charlie-kirk/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Group urges Trump to help save Chicago ‘before it’s too late’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f73e4022-38a6-447c-af4d-778efdd64132.html
— IL Secretary of State candidate talks issues, Giannoulias yet to announce
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8bb6ae1c-b581-4bdc-bf9a-5858fd1db7ca.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Remembering Charlie Kirk.
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/remembering-charlie-kirk-2025/
— Charlie Kirk’s compassionate legacy.
https://mailchi.mp/illinoispolicy/the_good_fight_072625-4863247?e=121ae0abc5

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Conservative activist Charlie Kirk mourned as a ‘martyr for truth’ after assassination.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/11/conservative-activist-charlie-kirk-mourned-martyr-truth-assassination/

NEW YORK POST
— Affirmative action is done, but some schools may be using it to solve the crisis of boys and college. As fewer and fewer and fewer men earn college degrees, America will crash and burn.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/11/us-news/schools-may-be-using-affirmative-action-to-solve-the-boy-crisis/

AMAC
— Twin Monster – Illegal Immigration and Drug Trafficking. What percent of illegals are involved with selling illegal drugs?
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/twin-monster-illegal-immigration-and-drug-trafficking/

BREITBART
— On 9/11 Anniversary, Marsha Blackburn Introduces Bill to Ban Issuance of Driver’s Licenses to Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/11/exclusive-marsha-blackburn-9-11-anniversary-introduces-bill-ban-issuance-drivers-licenses-illegal-aliens/amp/

DAILY CALLER
— House Approves Stiffer Penalties For Illegals Who Re-Enter US, Commit Felonies. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/11/house-passes-more-jail-time-for-illegals/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Government Spending Does Not Drive Economic Growth
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/11/government-spending-does-not-drive-economic-growth/amp/

FOX NEWS
— ‘Captured the youth’: How Charlie Kirk helped fuel Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Turning Point USA co-founder turned youth organization into 2024 voter turnout machine for Trump.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/how-charlie-kirk-helped-fuel-donald-trumps-return-white-house
— Pritzker condemns political violence after Kirk’s death, says Trump’s rhetoric ‘often foments it’. Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump and against everyone who voted for Trump.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jb-pritzker-condemns-political-violence-after-charlie-kirks-death-says-trumps-rhetoric-often-foments-it
— Homan defends Chicago ICE raids as Pritzker claims targets are not criminals. Homan says sanctuary policies force arrests in public rather than secure jail facilities. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/tom-homan-defends-chicago-ice-raids-illinois-gov-pritzker-claims-targets-not-criminals

MARY MILLER
— Miller, Bost, LaHood Introduce Congressional Resolution Honoring Illinois Native and American Martyr, Charlie Kirk.
https://marymiller.house.gov/media/press-releases

NEW AMERICAN
— Leftists Finger Kirk and Trump as Real Culprits in TPUSA Founder’s Murder; SPLC Added TPUSA to Hate Map in May. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois were hate groups. I served on ICRC’s teering Committee 2003-2007 and as TAPROOT’s chairman 2005-2012.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/crime/leftists-finger-kirk-and-trump-as-real-culprits-in-tpusa-founders-murder-splc-added-group-to-hate-map-in-may/

TURNING POINT USA
— Charlie Kirk: A Life of Faith, A Legacy that Endures.
https://tpusa.com/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump calls Kirk’s widow ‘absolutely devastated’; Vance arrives in Utah.
https://thehill.com/
— GOP rep tells reporters at Capitol: ‘You are responsible’ for Kirk’s assassination.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5499278-republican-blames-media-kirk/
— State Department warns immigrants against praising Kirk’s death.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5498992-foreigners-warned-charlie-kirk/

NEW YORK TIMES
— They Couldn’t Afford Homes in the Big City. So They Left. I could afford to buy a new town home in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 in 1972. But if that same townhome has been in a more expensive town, for example, in Flossmoor, I could not have afforded it. According to Zillow, it is currently worth $88,000.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/realestate/first-time-home-buyers-cities-affordability.html
— South Koreans Fly Home After Hyundai Raid. What percent of things made in America are made by citizens of foreign countries in America. Employers want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/south-koreans-are-freed-in-georgia-after-hyundai-immigration-raid-6da45736

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Says ‘Big Progress’ in Finding Charlie Kirk’s Killer.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/charlie-kirk-shot
— Senators Call for Hearings About JPMorgan’s Ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Democrats want CEO Jamie Dimon to testify about keeping Epstein as a client until 2013. What does Dimon think of you and of those who share your demographics?
https://www.wsj.com/finance/senators-call-for-hearings-about-jpmorgans-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein-988fe58c

PROPLE
— Charlie Kirk’s Parents: What to Know About the Late Conservative Activist’s Mom and Dad. Charlie Kirk was raised by his parents in a politically moderate household.
https://people.com/all-about-charlie-kirk-parents-11807941

September 10, 2025 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE

— HONORING THE MEMORY OF CHARLIE KIRK PROCLAMATION As a mark of respect for the memory of Charlie Kirk, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, September 14, 2025. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations. – DONALD J. TRUMP

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/honoring-the-memory-of-charlie-kirk

ILLINOIS GOP

— Statement From ILGOP On Charlie Kirk: Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk today, ILGOP Chair Kathy Salvi released the following statement: “Our hearts are broken over the tragic death of Charlie Kirk. Charlie’s work for Republicans in Illinois and across the country was invaluable. Charlie gave an important and unique voice to young people across the country and engaged in thoughtful, open, and honest dialogue that our country desperately needs. “Political violence has no place in this country and we continue to pray for Charlie’s family.”

DUPAGE GOP

— Statement on Charlie Kirk Assassination: We are horrified by Charlie Kirk’s murder. Kirk has been a remarkable talent and role model for millions of young people across America. The enormous impact Charlie Kirk has made on our country cannot be understated. His tremendous impact will be lasting. The hate and intolerance that led to Charlie’s shooting needs to end. It’s incredible that we’ve reached a point in America that you have to consider one’s personal safety before entering into politics. Intimidation, bullying, and threats – whether overt or veiled – need to end. You do not truly have a free society if people are left afraid to openly express themselves. We cannot thank Charlie enough for his great work and devotion to our country. He was a true patriot. God bless Charlie Kirk and his family during this terrible time.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7

— Charlie Kirk dies after shot while visiting Utah university. A suspect is currently at large.

https://abc7chicago.com/post/charlie-kirk-shot-during-event-utah-university-jd-vance-says-say-prayer/17787449

— Trump, Vance and other lawmakers react to shooting of Charlie Kirk

https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-vance-other-lawmakers-react-shooting-charlie-kirk/17787583

— Charlie Kirk’s influence, reach helped propel Donald Trump into office

https://abc7chicago.com/post/charlie-kirks-influence-reach-helped-propel-donald-trump-office/17788146

NBC5

— Who was Charlie Kirk? Activist’s political roots started in suburban Chicago. Kirk, 31, was born in the northwest suburb of Arlington Heights and grew up in nearby Prospect Heights.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/who-was-charlie-kirk-activists-political-roots-started-in-suburban-chicago/3822385

WGN9

— Illinois leaders respond to shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk

https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-leaders-respond-to-shooting-death-of-conservative-activist-charlie-kirk

— Who was Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist fatally shot at Utah Valley University?

https://wgntv.com/news/who-was-charlie-kirk-the-conservative-activist-fatally-shot-at-utah-valley-university

— Shouting breaks out in House after silent prayer for Charlie Kirk

https://wgntv.com/news/shouting-breaks-out-in-house-after-silent-prayer-for-charlie-kirk

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Shouting broke out on the House floor after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) held a moment of prayer for conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot on Wednesday afternoon. After the moment of silence, Johnson recognized Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.). “I believe that silent prayers get silent results,” Boebert said. “Is there someone who could lead us in a moment of prayer out loud for Charlie and his family —” Groans and a shout of “no” broke out as Boebert continued, “and the victims in Colorado,” in an apparent reference to a Wednesday shooting at a high school in Colorado.)

FOX32

— Video shows moment Charlie Kirk shot during university event

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/video-shows-moment-charlie-kirk-shot-during-university-event

— Charlie Kirk shooting: Conservative activist had ties to Chicago’s suburbs. Charlie Kirk, the conservative political activist who was shot and killed in Utah, was a native of Chicago’s northwest suburbs.

https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1705552

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— Conservative activist Charlie Kirk of suburban Chicago fatally shot in act of ‘political assassination’ at Utah college

— Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk was a key figure in building support for Republicans among young people

— ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ blasted release of jail inmates, but holding them in Illinois takes a court order. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

— Charlie Kirk, conservative activist, suburban native and Trump ally, dead after being shot at event in Utah. Kirk was a close ally of President Donald Trump and the founder of Turning Point USA, a conservative nonprofit organization that focuses on high schools and colleges. He spoke at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last year.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/09/10/charlie-kirk-shooting-utah-trump-turning-point

— Who was Charlie Kirk? Kirk, a Wheeling High School graduate, rose from leading a youth-oriented conservative group to becoming a major far-right figure close to President Trump.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/10/who-is-charlie-kirk-arlington-heights-wheeling

DAILY HERALD

— ‘We represent the entire state:’ Del Mar joins Bailey on GOP governor’s ticket

WGN RADIO

— Who was Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist fatally shot at Utah Valley University?

https://wgnradio.com/news/who-was-charlie-kirk-the-conservative-activist-fatally-shot-at-utah-valley-university

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER

— Charlie Kirk killed in shooting at Utah campus event

https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/10/charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-valley-university/86080079007

ALTON TELEGRAPH

— Trump administration cuts grants for minority-serving colleges, declaring them unconstitutional

https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/trump-administration-cuts-grants-for-21041702.php

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO

— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals

IPM NEWSROOM

— International student enrollment increases at University of Illinois despite Trump policies. How many American students were not admitted because international students were admitted?

CAPITOL FAX

— Afternoon roundup

https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-379

— Del Mar called Bailey “a horrible politician” last month . . .DeVore running for state central committee; Congresswoman Mary Miller has endorsed him.

https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/10/campaign-stuff-del-mar-called-bailey-a-horrible-politician-last-month-reilly-announces-for-county-board-prez-jyr-devore-running-for-state-central-committee

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS

— Can Ted Dabrowski Heal Pritzker’s Illinois Wasteland?

ILLINOIS REVIEW

— Trump, the Insurrection Act, and Chicago’s Illusion of Sanctuary

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES

— House Democrats rail at GOP in chamber after request for prayer for Charlie Kirk and family

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/10/house-democrats-rail-gop-chamber-request-prayer-charlie-kirk-family

— Trump orders flags lowered for Charlie Kirk after deadly shooting

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/10/trump-orders-flags-lowered-charlie-kirk-deadly-shooting

— Charlie Kirk, 31, was a conservative icon whose movement will grow stronger, allies say

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/10/charlie-kirk-31-conservative-icon-whose-movement-grow-stronger-allies

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

— Violence against campus conservatives has reaches new heights

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3801892/violence-against-campus-conservatives-reaches-new-heights

— Charlie Kirk was murdered for winning the war of public persuasion

— Yes, violent schizophrenics should be ‘locked up’

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON

— RIP, Charlie Kirk, American Patriot and Friend of Israel. The 31-year-old father of two was murdered at a Utah college on the first stop of a campus tour.

https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/rip-charlie-kirk-american-patriot

NEW YORK POST

— How influential activist and loving dad of 2, Charlie Kirk founded Turning Point USA and helped Trump win election

https://nypost.com/2025/09/10/us-news/charlie-kirk-shot-dead-at-uvu-event

— Who is Erika Frantzve, Charlie Kirk’s wife and former Miss Arizona?

https://nypost.com/us-news/who-is-erika-frantzve

— Charlie Kirk fatally shot at Utah Valley University during his American Comeback Tour

https://nypost.com/2025/09/10/us-news/charlie-kirk-possibly-targeted-in-shooting-at-utah-valley-university-event-during-his-american-comeback-tour

BREITBART

— Legendary Conservative Organizer Charlie Kirk Assassinated

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/10/report-charlie-kirk-shot-dead

DAILY SIGNAL

— Speaker Johnson Holds Moment of Silence on House Floor for ‘Dear Friend Charlie Kirk’

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM

— Chicago Mayor Doubles Down on Sanctuary Status as Immigration Crackdown Nears

https://www.fairus.org/news/state-and-local/chicago-mayor-doubles-down-sanctuary-status-immigration-crackdown

FOX NEWS

— Democrat crime policies crippling cities even in Red states as crackdown intensifies, White House warns. Karoline Leavitt says 19 of 20 high-crime US cities are run by Democrats.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-crime-policies-crippling-cities-even-red-states-crackdown-intensifies-white-house-warns

HOMELAND SECURITY

— Pedophiles, Abusers, Rapists, and Other Violent Thugs Arrested in Operation Midway Blitz

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09/10/pedophiles-abusers-rapists-and-other-violent-thugs-arrested-operation-midway-blitz

PJ MEDIA

— The Texas A&M LGBTQ Scandal Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

https://pjmedia.com/ashleymccully/2025/09/10/aggie-honor-code-violated-in-texas-a-and-m-dei-scandal-n4943509

(FROM THE ARTICLE: When the trans folks arrived in Austin earlier this year to protest an incoming legislature that was bent on keeping men out of women’s sports and predators in skirts out of girls’ bathrooms, they held signs that read, “It was never about the bathrooms.” Now, those chickens have come home to roost. Their fight was never about freedom to pee next to the gender of your choice, but to indoctrinate the masses who would then forfeit enough power to make a difference. We see this struggle over and over in capitols across the United States. Sometimes the evidence is obvious, with drag queens reading stories of a misgendered crayon that finds its true identity with the help of a friend. (Grooming, anyone?) Sometimes, though, the devil is in the tangled web of university course catalogue details. This is where I have spent a few hours this week, combing through the files most academic advisors wouldn’t expect anyone to actually read if they’re not a current student. Both President Trump and Gov. Ab

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

C-SPAN

— Utah Gov. Cox on Charlie Kirk: “This is a political assassination.”

YouTube video

CNN

— ‘Person of interest’ in custody following Charlie Kirk’s shooting death, Utah governor says

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-09-10-25

NEWSWEEK

— Charlie Kirk Shooting ‘Person of Interest’ in Custody

https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-republican-shot-utah-valley-live-updates-2127895

ABC NEWS

— Utah Valley University senior describes scene of Charlie Kirk’s shooting. Utah Valley University senior Sarah Tewell says Charlie Kirk was “doing God’s work” before he was shot and killed during a campus event.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/utah-valley-university-senior-describes-scene-charlie-kirks-125460340

— Charlie Kirk’s influence, reach helped propel Donald Trump into office. Trump attended many of Kirk’s Turning Point events aimed at younger voters.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/charlie-kirks-influence-reach-helped-propel-trump-office/story?id=125452473

NBC NEWS

— Charlie Kirk shooting witnesses describe lax security measures at event

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/charlie-kirk-shooting-witnesses-describe-lax-security-measures-event-rcna230464

NEW YORK TIMES

— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters call the assassinated Charlie Kirk a “Right-Wing Activist.” My critics/opponents call me far worse things than that.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-shot-utah

WASHINGTON POST

— Newsom says Trump has a ‘relentless, unhinged’ obsession with the state

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/09/09/california-governor-gavin-newsom-trump-state-speech/9c10c698-8dab-11f0-8260-0712daa5c125_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES

— Democrat leaders blame Whites for the problems that non-Whites have. To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-10/latinos-are-in-danger-but-they-arent-the-only-ones

WALL STREET JOURNAL

— Conservative political activist and author Charlie Kirk has died, President Trump said. Kirk was shot Wednesday while on stage speaking at an event at Utah Valley University, law enforcement officials said. He was going back and forth with a student about mass shootings involving transgender people when he was shot, according to videos of the attack. The Justice Department is investigating the shooting, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said, calling it a “senseless act of violence.” No suspect is in custody at this time, authorities say.

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/charlie-kirk-shot

— Former FBI Leaders Accuse Kash Patel of Carrying Out Political Purge.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/former-fbi-leaders-accuse-kash-patel-of-carrying-out-political-purge-84f6c361?mod=djemwhatsnews

POLITICO

— Conservative organizer Charlie Kirk killed in Utah campus shooting

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/10/charlie-kirk-tpusa-shot-00555826

TIMES OF INDIA

— Shot fired from a building 200 yards away? No clarity on shooter after Charlie Kirk dies from bullet injury

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/shot-fired-from-a-building-200-yards-away-no-clarity-on-shooter-after-charlie-kirk-dies-from-bullet-injury/articleshow/123816754.cms

September 3, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago preparing for National Guard deployment, increased immigration enforcement. City updates website with protections for immigrant, refugee communities; organizations prepare for sweeps of homeless encampments. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-national-guard-preps-chicago-deployment-president-trump-positions-feds-north-suburbs-governor-jb-pritzker-says/17728426/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://abc7chicago.com/post/west-ridge-residents-push-back-former-chicago-police-officers-opening-dispensary-western-peterson/17734208/
— Conservative news network Newsmax files antitrust lawsuit against Fox News
https://abc7chicago.com/post/conservative-news-network-newsmax-files-antitrust-lawsuit-fox/17731898/

NBC5
— Trump says Pritzker ‘has to ask us’ for National Guard deployment to Chicago. Trump’s administration still plans to send additional federal assets to the city for immigration enforcement actions, with Pritzker saying those operations could begin this weekend. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-says-pritzker-has-to-ask-us-for-national-guard-deployment-to-chicago/3819199/

CBS2
— Communities in Chicago’s northern suburbs prepare for possible ICE surge. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/communities-chicago-northern-suburbs-possible-ice-surge/

WGN9
— Reported ICE activity at Chicago domestic violence courthouse sparks outrage and fear. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/reported-ice-activty-at-chicago-domestic-violence-courthouse-sparks-outrage-and-fear/

FOX32
— Vance visits Annunciation Church a week after mass shooting
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/jd-vance-minneapolis-visit-annunciation-shooting-sept-3-2025

WTTW
— Pritzker: Trump Plans to Send Texas National Guard, ‘Armed Military Personnel’ to Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/02/trump-plans-send-texas-national-guard-armed-military-personnel-chicago-pritzker

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker expecting federal ‘actions’ by weekend as local officials brace for 300 immigration agents.  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/pritzker-federal-deployment-0903/
— North Chicago and Waukegan officials brace for 300 ICE agents at Naval Station Great Lakes. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/guard-ice-waukegan-north-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/veterans-resist-trump-orders/
— A federal appeals court in Chicago on Tuesday overturned a ruling by a lower court that found it unconstitutional for Illinois residents with concealed carry permits to be barred from carrying guns on public transportation. Criminals are overjoyed. Criminals vote for Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/federal-court-legal-ban-guns-cta-metra/
— Judge reverses Trump administration’s cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/trump-harvard-funding-cuts/
— National Republican movement visits Orland Park in push for stricter voting measures.  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/orland-park-event-tighten-voter-requirements/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CTU calls for remote learning option for families amid looming immigration raids. The teachers union is ramping up efforts to inform parents and students about their rights, but members say the fear is palpable. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/09/03/ctu-remote-learning-immigration-raids
— Flash-bang grenades and early morning raids: How Trump is planning to target Chicago. Hundreds of federal agents are being sent to a suburban naval base from Los Angeles, where an immigration blitz spurred protests that pushed President Trump to call in the National Guard. Trump has since threatened to send the Guard to Chicago while promising a crime crackdown and immigration arrests. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/09/03/chicago-illinois-crime-immigration-ice-national-guard-donald-trump-jb-pritzker
— Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade to be held with precautions amid potential deportation campaign. Volunteers stationed along the parade, scheduled for Saturday, will carry radios, cellphones and whistles to quickly report any issues, its organizer told the Sun-Times. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/03/mexican-independence-parade-immigration-threats
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-history/2025/09/03/soldiers-in-chicago-history-national-guard-deployment-donald-trump

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250903/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-question-of-mission-trumps-insistence-on-sending-guard-here-is-plagued-b/
— Large July gathering at Glen Ellyn pool leads to another misdemeanor arrest
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250903/news/large-july-gathering-at-glen-ellyn-pool-leads-to-another-misdemeanor-arrest/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2025/09/03/chicago-crime-violence-o-block-oblock-parkway-gardens-donald-trump-national-guard

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicagocrusader.com/ramirez-duckworth-durbin-il-delegation-members-demand-trump-stop-the-politically-motivated-unlawful-deployment-of-military-personnel-in-chicago/

WREX
— Illinois elections board refuses to give DOJ sensitive voter data.  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.wrex.com/news/illinois-news/illinois-elections-board-refuses-to-give-doj-sensitive-voter-data/article_a23ab994-348c-48ba-ab52-9c803f640b6c.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker says Trump trying to set a legal trap by demanding the governor call him
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/03/pritzker-says-trump-trying-to-set-a-legal-trap-by-demanding-the-governor-call-him/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-374/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Only Citizens Vote Bus Tour Hits the Midwest.  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/weyermuller-only-citizens-vote-bus-tour-hits-the-midwest.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Brandon Johnson: America’s least-popular mayor. Black, Hispanic Chicagoans like ICE agents more than they like Brandon Johnson. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/3/brandon-johnson-americas-least-popular-mayor/

NEW YORK POST
— Pirro rips Pritzker after bloody Labor day weekend in Chicago — ‘He should be ashamed of himself’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/02/media/pirro-calls-out-pritzker-after-deadly-weekend-in-chicago-he-should-be-ashamed-of-himself/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Alphabet news agencies proving wokeness is alive and well.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/alphabet_news_agencies_proving_wokeness_is_alive_and_well.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illinois Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton is advising illegal aliens on how to evade immigration enforcement and lawyer up. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/03/illinois-lt-governor-is-advising-illegal-aliens-on-how-to-evade-immigration-enforcement-and-lawyer-up-1582067/

BREITBART
— Trump’s DHS Secures Deals with More than 900 Police Departments to Help Arrest Criminal Illegal Aliens.  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/03/trumps-dhs-secures-deals-more-than-900-police-deptartments-help-arrest-criminal-illegal-aliens/
— H-1B Visa Program Is ‘Kneecapping White Collar Workers’ Across America. If there had been as many H-1B visa holders when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/03/sen-eric-schmitt-h-1b-visa-program-kneecapping-white-collar-workers-across-america/

DAILY CALLER
— Johnson demands that Trump push gun control. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/03/brandon-johnson-issues-absurd-demand-to-trump-about-second-amendment/

EPOCH TIMES
— Largest Seizure of Fentanyl, Meth Precursors From China. The drugs would have made hundreds of thousands of pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of half a billion dollars.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/us-announces-largest-seizure-of-chinese-fentanyl-meth-precursors-5909765

NEWSMAX
— Appeals Court OKs Illinois Ban on Carrying Guns on Mass Transit
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/guns-mass-transit-concealed-carry/2025/09/03/id/1224973/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Pritzker: Trump Staging Texas National Guard To Do “Terror And Cruelty” In Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/09/03/illinois_gov_pritzker_trump_is_planning_to___texas_national_guard_to_chicago.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Which countries will side with China against America in WWIII?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/3/china-reclaims-allied-role-world-war-iis-victory/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Vance says ‘no immediate’ plans to send National Guard to Chicago
https://www.wjbf.com/hill-politics/vance-says-no-immediate-plans-to-send-national-guard-to-chicago/amp/

CBS NEWS
— Vance says “no immediate plans” for Trump to send National Guard to Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vance-chicago-national-guard-no-immediate-plans-trump/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— China Flaunts Military Might With Lavish Parade—and Sends Warning to Washington. Which countries will side with China against America in WWIII?
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-military-parade-message-ff1a13ef
— What We Know About America’s Billionaires: 1,135 and Counting
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/what-we-know-about-americas-billionaires-1-135-and-counting-98d22268

September 1, 2005 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Local leaders fighting Trump’s planned immigration crackdown as agents could arrive this week. Parishioners held a prayer at Naval Station Great Lakes, where federal agents are expected to set up shop as soon as this week.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-prayer-held-naval-station-great-lakes-north-ahead-donald-trumps-crackdown/17704014/
— ICE operations could surge in Chicago this week ahead of Mexican Independence Day celebrations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-donald-trumps-immigration-crackdown-could-start-week-ahead-mexican-independence-day-2025-celebrations/17714214/
— 1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/12-million-immigrants-are-gone-us-labor-force-trump-preliminary-data/17713052/
— Passenger robbed, beaten on CTA Red Line train near Loop station, CPD releases surveillance images
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-passenger-robbed-beat-cta-red-line-train-loop-statelake-station-cpd-releases-surveillance-images/17711716/
— Trump says he’s awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-hes-awarding-former-nyc-mayor-rudy-giuliani-presidential-medal-freedom/17713888/

NBC5
— Mayor Johnson chants ‘no federal troops in Chicago’ at Labor Day protest
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mayor-johnson-shouts-no-federal-troops-in-chicago-at-labor-day-protest/3817984/
— ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ rally protests Trump policies, National Guard threat. Pritzker is a billionaire.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-workers-over-billionaires-rally-protests-trump-policies-national-guard-threat/3818040/
— “No federal troops, invest in our workers,” mayor Johnson declares at Haymarket rally
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/no-federal-troops-invest-in-our-workers-mayor-johnson-declares-at-haymarket-rally/3817979/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders demand closure of ICE facility in Broadview as Trump plans immigration crackdown in Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protest-ice-facility-in-broadview-illinois-trump-immigration-crackdown-chicago/
— Teen among 5 injured in mass shooting on Chicago’s South Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/5-injured-in-mass-shooting-on-chicagos-south-side/

WGN9
— Labor Day weekend brings violence to Chicago, with dozens shot and 8 killed as of early Monday morning
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/labor-day-weekend-brings-violence-as-chicago-sees-20-shootings/
— Mayor, protestors gather in West Loop on Monday for Labor Day Rally
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-protestors-gather-in-west-loop-on-monday-for-labor-day-rally/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/mayor-brandon-johnson-labor-day-no-federal-troops-chicago/
— 1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/immigrants-labor-force-trump/
— Naperville Labor Day parade marks end to ‘fastest summer ever’ for families
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/naperville-parade-end-to-summer-families/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Attending the parade was perhaps an act of instinct for Roger Schaeffer, who has watched the festivities for three decades. The 73-year-old’s children have moved away. The crowd has gotten bigger and the politicians — a campaigning George W. Bush one year — come and go, he said. . .It’s a surprise that so few labor groups show up, a far cry from the union-dominated festivities held in Chicago, he noted.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayor Johnson slams Trump’s plan to target Chicago, vows to ‘defend our democracy’ at Labor Day rally. Mayor Brandon Johnson began his speech on Monday with a chant: “No federal troops in the city of Chicago! No militarized force in the city of Chicago!” Demonstrators said immigrants make America stronger and called for protections for working people over billionaires. Pritzker is a billionaire.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/09/01/chicago-brandon-johnson-donald-trump-national-guard-ice-crime-union-labor-day-stacy-davis-gates

DAILY HERALD
— ‘It’s just really unfortunate’: DuPage County clerk should provide serious transparency on proposed budget
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250901/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-its-just-really-unfortunate-dupage-county-clerk-should-provide-serious-tra/


WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/pope-leo-meets-lgbtq-catholic-advocate-and-vows-continuity-with-pope-francis-legacy-of-welcome/article_0a3b291f-53d4-5d41-8c80-f63bed92d29e.html

WGLT
— Democrat leaders say that Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. They will never forgive me for my being a federal employee union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.wglt.org/2025-09-01/how-trump-is-decimating-federal-employee-unions-one-step-at-a-time

NAPERVILLE JAYCEES
— Last Fling Sponsors. DuPage Republicans were the lead sponsor for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019 because of my fundraising. But my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes end that. I should write about my critics/opponents. They have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. In 2024, they had their operatives and their dupes end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee.
https://lastfling.org/sponsorship/

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Photo Gallery: Naperville Jaycees’ Labor Day Parade 9/1/2025. One could compare and contrast Naperville’s Labor Day parade with Wheaton’s Independence Day parade.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2025/09/01/photo-gallery-naperville-jaycees-labor-day-parade-9-1-2025/152758

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Putin shores up ties with India and China. In WWIII, which countries will side with America?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/1/putin-shores-ties-india-china-us-eu-plan-way-forward-ukraine/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— As math scores plummet, teachers group goes more woke
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/1/math-scores-plummet-teachers-group-goes-woke/
— Collective bargaining for federal employees still doesn’t work. GAO unionized in 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, if GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3787618/collective-bargaining-for-federal-employees-still-doesnt-work/

BREITBART
— Pope Leo Meets With Pro-LGBTQ+ Catholic Group in Signal of Continuity from Francis
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/09/01/pope-leo-meets-with-catholic-lgbtq-group-in-signal-of-continuity-from-francis/
— Kristi Noem’s Labor Day Message: Jobs Are Going Back to American Citizens, Not Foreigners
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/01/kristi-noems-labor-day-message-jobs-are-going-back-to-american-citizens-not-foreigners/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Will Democrat leaders argue that men have the right to end the pregnancies that they created?
https://www.christianpost.com/news/boyfriend-faces-criminal-charges-causing-girlfriend-miscarriage.html

FOX NEWS
— Chicago shootings leave at least 7 dead, dozens more injured as city insists it doesn’t need Trump’s help. Seven people killed and 37 injured in weekend shootings across the Windy City.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-shootings-dead-dozens-injured-city-insists-doesnt-need-trumps-help

NEWSMAX
— Dems on the March to Gerrymander
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/democrats-partisan-redistricting/2025/09/01/id/1224672/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/chicago-thousands-protest-against-threat-ice-national-guard-deployment-2025-09-01/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. They will never forgive me for my having been a union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/politics/trumps-unions-federal-workers.html

GO BANKING RATES
— The Safest and Richest US Cities To Live in 2025
https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/economy/the-safest-and-richest-us-cities-to-live-in-2025/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Western Springs, Illinois, again ranks as the nation’s safest and richest city to live. As of 2025, the household mean income is $294,896. . .Illinois experienced the biggest jump in wealthy cities to rank in the top 50 — with 12 cities this year compared to four in 2024. These 12 cities are Western Springs (#1), Winnetka (#7), Kenilworth (#8), Libertyville (#16), Hinsdale (#17), Deerfield (#28), Park Ridge (#33), Elmhurst (#34), Wilmette (#35), La Grange (#38), Glen Ellyn (#42) and Naperville (#49).)

INDEED
— 16 Careers for Car Lovers. My goal of having a career in the automotive industry ended when I was 22 in 1971 a) when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint and b) when my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS. I started with almost 3 years of federal seniority and lots of reinstated unused sick leave because I had worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years while I earned my bachelor’s degree.
www.indeed.com

HAGGERTY
— Is It a Bad Time to Be a Young Car Enthusiast?  I have aways been a car enthusiast, and especially for American nameplate muscle cars.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/market-trends/is-it-a-bad-time-to-be-a-young-car-enthusiast/

GOOGLE AI
— Interested in cars. I have always been interested in cars, and especially in American nameplate muscle cars.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%27interested+in+cars

August 28, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Minneapolis Catholic school shooter ‘wanted to watch children suffer’  Shooter fired 116 rounds from a rifle into a Minneapolis church, police chief says.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting-multiple-victims-released-hospital-police-chief-says/17671285/
— Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade announced despite immigration crackdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/date-chicago-mexican-independence-day-parade-announced-despite-immigration-crackdown-september-6-pilsen-18th-street/17674252/
— Tempers flare in Mexico senate as disagreeing politicians push and shove each other
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tempers-flare-mexico-senate-disagreeing-politicians-alejandro-alito-moreno-gerardo-fernndez-noroa-fight/17676180/
— Democrat leaders continue to use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/emmett-till-70-years-chicago-teenagers-brutal-death-mississippi-reverend-wheeler-parker-honors-cousin/17674735/
— Police recruit says Gary PD fired him because of his hair, after being sworn-in. Chance Johnson, who practices the Rastafari faith, wants his job back.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/recruit-rastafarian-man-says-gary-police-department-fired-because-hair-being-sworn/17668652/

NBC5
— Chicago Public Schools sends letter to parents amid increased ICE activity. ICE and other federal agencies could step up enforcement actions in Chicago as soon as next week.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-public-schools-sends-letter-to-parents-amid-increased-ice-activity/3816889/
— Trump border czar shares new info about crime crackdown coming to Chicago. Homan confirmed immigration operations will ramp up after Labor Day in Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-border-czar-shares-new-info-about-crime-crackdown-coming-to-chicago/3816763/
— Chicago’s top cop explains how CPD will respond if National Guard deploys
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-top-cop-explains-how-cpd-will-respond-if-national-guard-deploys/3816607/

CBS2
— Mexican Independence Parade to step off Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood despite worries about ICE, federal troops
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mexican-independence-parade-chicago-pilsen-neighborhood/
— Democrat leaders continue to use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/emmett-till-death-anniversary-train-chicago-mississippi/
— Aurora becomes latest Illinois municipality to keep grocery tax despite state eliminating it
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/aurora-latest-illinois-municipality-keep-grocery-tax/

WGN9
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly downplay crime in Chicago
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/context-on-white-house-claims-on-chicago-crime/

FOX32
— Pilsen’s Mexican Independence Day Parade will continue amid ICE concerns
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pilsens-mexican-independence-day-parade-continue-ice-concerns
— Democrat leaders continue to use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/70-years-after-his-murder-emmett-tills-legacy-lives-bronzeville

WTTW
— CDC Staff Gather to Honor ‘the People Who Protect America’ After Leaders Who Resigned Were Escorted Out. I should write about how my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates treated me after my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/28/cdc-staff-gather-honor-people-who-protect-america-after-leaders-who-resigned-were

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade to go on despite President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘We are not going to be stopped’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/pilsen-mexican-independence-day-parade-to-go-on-despite-president-donald-trumps-immigration-crackdown-we-are-not-going-to-be-stopped/
— Fed official sues President Trump over attempt to fire her, challenging his power over the independent agency
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/fed-official-sues-trump/
— CDC gets new acting director as leadership turmoil leaves agency reeling
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/cdc-officials-removed/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration threatens state funding unless ‘gender ideology’ content yanked from sex ed curricula
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/08/28/donald-trump-sex-education-funds-illinois-gender-ideology
— Chicago activists decry Trump threats to send National Guard, call on O’Neill Burke to refuse to cooperate
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/08/28/chicago-activists-decry-trump-threats-to-send-national-guard-call-on-oneill-burke-to-refuse-to-cooperate
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say that dousing flag burning is a step toward drowning freedom of speech. I have flown an American flag off my poach 24 hours a day since September 11, 2001.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/28/donald-trump-executive-order-flag-burning-ban-freedom-of-speech
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/08/20/cash-assistance-gender-domestic-violence-net-ameya-pawar-amanda-pyron

DAILY HERALD
— Trump administration asks military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250828/chicago/trump-administration-asks-military-base-outside-chicago-for-support-on-immigration-operations/

WBEZ
— Trump administration threatens state funding unless ‘gender ideology’ content yanked from sex ed curricula
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/08/28/donald-trump-sex-education-funds-illinois-gender-ideology
— Lead pipe problem worst in Chicago’s majority Black and Latino neighborhoods. There was lots lead in the buildings my parents and I lived in.
https://www.wbez.org/environment/2025/08/28/find-chicago-lead-pipes-home-apartment

SOUTHERN
— Minneapolis shooter ‘expressed hate towards almost every group imaginable’
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/08/28/minneapolis-shooting-suspect-attended-annunciation-catholic-school-motive-under-investigation/

CWB CHICAGO
— Mayor’s latest hire, a defund advocate, says police ‘harm Black and brown communities with impunity’
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/08/mayors-latest-hire-a-defund-advocate-says-police-harm-black-and-brown-communities-with-impunity.html

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois hosts 550,000 unauthorized immigrants. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/25/illinois-hosts-some-of-the-most-unauthorized-immigrants

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-579/
— Armored vehicles, surge in federal agents expected in Chicago as two-pronged strategy takes shape
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/28/report-armored-vehicles-surge-in-federal-agents-expected-in-chicago-as-two-pronged-strategy-takes-shape/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Early Bird Banquet Special Expires on Monday! IFI is honored to welcome Riley Gaines to our November 7 fall banquet.
https://illinoisfamily.org/ifi_news/early-bird-banquet-special-expires-on-monday/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AMAC
— Illegal Aliens Inflict Damage
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/illegal-aliens-inflict-damage/

BREITBART
— Pritzker Signs Law Requiring Public Universities to Provide Abortion Pills to Students
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/28/illinois-governor-j-b-pritzker-signs-law-requiring-public-universities-to-provide-abortion-pills-to-students/
— Attacker Who Opened Fire During Catholic School Mass Said He Was ‘Tired of Being Trans’
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/08/28/report-attacker-who-opened-fire-during-catholic-school-mass-said-he-was-tired-of-being-trans/

NEWSMAX
— Ky. Transportation Cabinet Sold Licenses to Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/whistleblower-kentucky-andy-beshear/2025/08/15/id/1222619/

TOWNHALL
— Top CDC Official Quits in Protest, Defends ‘Pregnant People’ and Woke Politics
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/08/28/cdc-director-resigns-n2662468

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— 19 Democratic Governors Warn Trump Not to Send Troops to Their States. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with their illegals and with their criminals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/us/politics/democratic-governors-trump-troops.html

KATV & WSBT
— Chicago has most murders of any US city for 13 consecutive years
https://katv.com/news/nation-world/chicago-has-most-murders-of-any-us-city-for-13-consecutive-years-leavitt-white-house-press-secretary-president-donald-trump-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-washington-dc-crime-crackdown-statistics-murder-homicide-deaths-carjacking-theft-assaults-weapons
https://wsbt.com/news/nation-world/chicago-has-most-murders-of-any-us-city-for-13-consecutive-years-leavitt-white-house-press-secretary-president-donald-trump-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-washington-dc-crime-crackdown-statistics-murder-homicide-deaths-carjacking-theft-assaults-weapons

NPR
— Federal judge says Kari Lake can’t fire Voice of America director. The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) let my Democrat GAO superiors force me to retire, that is, to fire me.
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/28/nx-s1-5521328/judge-kari-lake-voice-of-america-firing-judge-ruling

August 3, 2025 Evening Edition

How badly have Pritzker and Illinois Democrat legislators jerrymandered your congressional district? I should write about their 3rd Congressional District.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Texas Democrats fleeing to Illinois to block congressional maps; some to appear with Pritzker Sunday.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-house-democrats-plan-flee-state-try-stop-proposed-congressional-maps-appear-illinois-gov-jb-pritzker/17420791/

NBC5
— Texas Democrats head to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting. In an extraordinary move to counter Republican redistricting in Texas, dozens of Democrats in the state House are landing in Illinois to deny a quorum.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/texas-democrats-illinois-republicans-redistricting/3803982/

CBS2
— Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP’s redistricting plan.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/texas-democratic-legislators-flee-state-to-protest-gops-redistricting-plan/

FOX32
— Texas Democrats flee to Illinois in bid to block vote on redrawn House map backed by Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/texas-democrats-flee-illinois-bid-block-vote-redrawn-house-map-backed-trump

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/texas-house-democrats-flee-to-chicago-over-congressional-redistricting/
— Co-living buildings offer ‘attainable luxury’ for Chicago’s young professionals. Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 25 in 1974, when IRS promoted me to a $99,069/year in today’s dollars job in the Loop, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East Building and I walked to work and to graduate business courses at Loyola. In 1976, when my salary was $105,675/year in today’s dollars, I traded that studio condo in to the building’s developer for a one bedroom condo and I walked to graduate accounting courses at DePaul. I had bought a new town home in University Park in 1972. I lived in it full-time 1972-1974, part-time 1974-1976, and then I rented it out until I sold it in 1984.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/co-living-buildings-chicago-straits-row/
— Smithsonian denies White House pressure to remove President Donald Trump impeachment references. I filed Diersen v. GAO in 1998 (SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) knowing full-well that my chance getting a settlement, let alone winning, was bleak. Everything was stacked against me. But I filed anyway to get my facts and my arguments on the record.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/02/smithsonian-trump-impeachment/
— The emerging schism within the Democratic Party
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/opinion-democrats-schism-abundance-agenda/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Texas Democrat legislators flee to Illinois to block Trump-backed GOP redistricting plan. The walkout, which Texas Democrats called an “extraordinary and necessary step,” came a day after a House panel advanced a congressional map that would add five new Republican districts next year.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/03/texas-democrats-flee-to-illinois-to-block-trump-backed-gop-redistricting-plan

WGN RADIO
— The more of the following that you are, the more that you should anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://wgnradio.com/the-alpha-wealth-hour/getting-through-blind-spots-in-your-retirement-plan/

WCIA
— BLS commissioner reacts to Trump firing. GAO works for Congress. I should write about how my Republican U.S. Senators and my Republican U.S. Representatives reacted to my Democrat GAO superiors a) forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delaying my promotions and never promoting me beyond GS-13, c) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) forcing me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/bls-commissioner-reacts-to-trump-firing/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Former Milton Township Supervisor John Monino Signed Illegal Traffic Enforcement Contract
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/08/former-milton-township-supervisor-signed-illegal-traffic-enforcement-contract/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The Washington Post’s ‘fact checker’ Glenn Kessler finally throws in the towel. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I increasingly worked as a fact checker. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22fact+checker%22+gao
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/washington-posts-fact-checker-glenn-kessler-finally-throws-towel/
— E-Verify, a choke point for stopping illegal immigrant employment in America. Big business and weak politicians are blocking the tool that protects U.S. jobs.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/e-verify-choke-point-stopping-illegal-immigrant-employment-america/
— Why the left’s education agenda leaves children illiterate. Time for a new path rooted in discipline, choice and phonics.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/lefts-education-agenda-leaves-chilldren-illiterate/
— Time for conservatives to kick antisemites out. Many, if not most of my Democrat Chicago office GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemites. They were furious when I volunteered to work for the office’s leading Jewish GS-15 (currently $163,749-$195,200/year) manager. She put them to shame. She had an MBA from the University of Chicago. She had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt. She was attractive. She was young. She was wealthy. She was demanding. She wanted all her employees to have a graduate degree in finance.  I got her appointed to the IIT board of directors for its master’s degree program in financial markets and trading that I completed in 1997. Nevertheless, she played a big role in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/time-conservatives-kick-antisemites/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How Democratic presidential hopefuls are positioning themselves for 2028
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3489632/how-democratic-presidential-hopefuls-are-positioning-themselves-for-2028/
— The Trump economy is delivering for American workers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3488698/trump-economy-delivering-for-american-workers/

BREITBART
— Woke Gestapo Target ‘Registered Republican’ Sydney Sweeney for Thoughtcrime
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/08/03/nolte-woke-gestapo-target-registered-republican-sydney-sweeney-for-thoughtcrime/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Unless Faculties Are Rebalanced, Deals Struck With Universities Will Not Effectuate Long-Term Change. “I completely agree that getting the federal government involved in hiring decisions at universities is a bad idea, but it’s a less bad idea than what the current situation is…. [W]hat we’ve seen over the last 30 years is they’ve destroyed the system. They have spent 30 to 40 years only hiring their own.”  The entire federal government needs to be rebalanced. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/unless-faculties-are-rebalanced-deals-struck-with-universities-will-not-effectuate-long-term-change/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— India indicates it will keep buying Russian oil despite Trump’s threats
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/world/article/india-indicates-it-will-keep-buying-russian-oil-20799376.php

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/us/politics/chinese-stay-flee-united-states-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/03/latino-republicans-immigration-trump-law-abiding-ice/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/03/afghanistan-immigrants-trump-deportations/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Unemployed Americans Endure Longer Job Searches in a Cooling Market
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/unemployed-americans-endure-longer-job-searches-in-a-cooling-market-4ab9fce3

NEWSBREAK
— Sydney Sweeney Is A Registered Republican. I have always been a Republican. I should write about how my critics/opponents have always used that against me. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government.
https://www.newsbreak.com/whiskey-riff-510620/4154235137037-sydney-sweeney-is-a-registered-republican-sparks-another-liberal-meltdown-on-heels-of-american-eagle-ad

GOOGLE AI
— Up-or-out  Who do you know who has been harmed by up-or-out? I should write about why my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12 and why my Democrat GAO superiors delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22up-or-out%22
— Adverse actions  Who do you know who has had adverse actions taken against them? I should write about why my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took adverse actions against me.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22adverse+actions%22
— Pay cut  Who do you know who has taken a pay cut? I should write about why my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22pay+cut%22
— Pay- for-performance  Who do you know who was under pay-for-performance (PFP)?  I should write about why my Democrat GAO superiors always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22pay-for-performance%22
— Forced retirement  Who do you know who was forced to retire early?  I should write about why my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997
.https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Forced+retiement%22
— Career limiting  Who do you know who has taken career limiting actions?  Should write about the actions that I took and why my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors limited my career because of that.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22career+limiting%22
— Civil Service protections  Who do you know who was not protected by Civil Service protections? I should write about why I was not protected by Civil Service protections.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22civil+service+protections%22

July 17, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/shane-gillis-trump-epstein-files-2025-espys-monologue/3791309/

WGN9
— Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfs0XMqGg3E

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that if businesses owned by minorities, women, people with disabilities, and veterans do not get contracts, it is because of discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/17/opinion-illinois-contract-procurement-job-creation-minorities/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois leaders blast State Farm as it hikes home insurance rates
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/07/16/illinois-leaders-attack-state-farm-as-it-hikes-home-insurance-rates

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad, including bad weather.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250716/nation-and-world-politics/noaa-was-developing-tool-to-help-communities-prepare-for-extreme-rainfall-trump-officials-stopped-i/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250716/nation-and-world-politics/trump-slams-his-own-supporters-who-are-angered-over-how-his-team-has-handled-the-epstein-case/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2025/07/16/rush-medical-center-halts-gender-affirming-care-for-new-patients-under-18

WGLT
— Democrat leaders had no problem when inflation raged under Biden.
https://www.wglt.org/2025-07-16/inflation-picks-up-in-june-as-trumps-tariffs-start-to-impact-prices
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-tries-to-blame-others-as-tensions-rise-around-handling-of-epstein-case/

FOX ILLINOIS
— GOP lawmaker pushes for policy fix to border crisis
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/gop-pushes-for-policy-fix-to-border-crisis-non-governmental-organizations-faith-illegal-immigration-biden-administration-grants-work-facilitate-republicans
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During a fiery House Homeland Security Committee hearing Wednesday, Republicans accused non-governmental organizations– many of which were faith-based groups– of incentivizing illegal immigration during the Biden administration by providing services or support to migrants, even though many of the same Republicans voted to fund grants that helped facilitate their work. During the hearing titled “An Inside Job: How NGOs Facilitated the Biden Border Crisis,” Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., accused many of the NGOs of acting as a “launching pad for mass illegal immigration.” “FEMA provided grants to numerous NGOs, many of whom were operating at the southwest border,” Guest said. “These groups spent billions of taxpayers’ dollars.”)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-553/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Richard Porter Visits McHenry County Executive Committee Meeting
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/07/17/richard-porter-visits-mchenry-county-executive-committee-meeting/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BREITBART
— Trump Signs Law Classifying Fentanyl-Related Substances as Schedule I Drugs
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/16/trump-signs-law-classifying-fentanyl-related-substances-schedule-one-drugs/

DAILY WIRE
— Congresswoman Mary Miller Says Pornography Is ‘A Rot In Our Culture’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/congresswoman-mary-miller-says-pornography-is-a-rot-in-our-culture

FEDERALIST
— Leftist Bureaucrats In Charge Of Government-Run Media Refuse Peaceful Transition Of Power
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/16/leftist-bureaucrats-in-charge-of-government-run-media-refuse-peaceful-transition-of-power/

FOX NEWS
— Illinois’ population is aging ‘faster’ than the rest of the country. Under Pritzker, if you are young, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is in Illinois: conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/news/illinois-population-aging-faster-rest-000045392.html

NEWSMAX
— Majority of Deportees Pose a Threat
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tom-homan-immigration-ice/2025/07/16/id/1219012/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/lgbtq-crisis-lifeline-hotline/2025/07/16/id/1218983/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Trump Administration Deports ‘Uniquely Barbaric’ Migrants to Little-Known Nation
https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-administration-deports-uniquely-barbaric-migrants-little-known-nation/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump administration is considering possible changes to its immigration enforcement policy as it relates to farm and hospitality workers. Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take the bad jobs that I took. My critics/opponents cannot say that. Their parents had lots of money. They bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://thehill.com/immigration/5405518-homan-hints-trump-farm-worker-policy-is-coming/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5402940-lgbtq-lifeline-988-hotline-closure-the-trevor-project-suicide-mental-health-trump-cuts/

CNN
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/politics/trump-powell-epstein-poll-numbers-analysis

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSAwo11A3Z4

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2025-07-17/nationwide-protests-planned-against-trumps-immigration-crackdown-and-health-care-cuts

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUmdFmAmHoM
— Trump holds signing ceremony for the HALT Fentanyl Act
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/watch-live-trump-holds-signing-ceremony-for-the-halt-fentanyl-act-243343941517

NEW YORK TIMES
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-files-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/republicans-congress-trump-epstein.html
— My critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. They falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/politics/university-virginia-president-trump-dei-jefferson-council.html
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/business/trump-dei-race-gender-mental-health.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/politics/trump-political-enemies-evil.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opinion/immigration-trump-ice-raids.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/16/trump-epstein-obama-biden-comey-democrats-conspiracies/5a3b8b6a-6293-11f0-bf70-56d8888ebb94_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/17/hud-section-8-vouchers-congress-budget-cuts/e153b408-62c3-11f0-bf70-56d8888ebb94_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/17/hud-section-8-vouchers-trump-budget-cuts/bcd06c34-62c3-11f0-bf70-56d8888ebb94_story.html
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/16/trump-dei-george-mason-university/

USA TODAY
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, there is no such thing as “illegal.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2025/07/16/why-trump-immigration-policies-are-unconstitutional-illegal-immigrants-opinion/84640831007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/17/mike-pence-donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-files/85251255007/
— The Trump administration is telling organizations working to prevent teen pregnancy that they must stop teaching content that doesn’t align with the administration’s views on transgender people and parental rights or they’ll risk losing their federal funding.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/15/lgbtq-teen-pregnancy-program-trump/85190050007/

WCBM
— Here’s the House Republican Who Wants Amnesty for Illegals. My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://wcbm.com/national-headline/heres-the-house-republican-who-wants-amnesty-for-illegals/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Can Anything Save the Democrats? As 2026 approaches, they’re disliked, divided and devoid of effective leaders.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/can-anything-save-the-democrats-election-voters-midterms-2026-3bfb36fe
— Mamdani and the Left’s Alliance With Radical Islam. He won’t impose Shariah on New York, but his views give plenty of reason for legitimate concern.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/mamdani-and-the-lefts-alliance-with-radical-islam-new-york-mayor-658b68ad
— Dividing Doctors by Race. A new report shows racial preferences continue at medical schools. Ever-increasingly, everyone in healthcare is a citizen of a foreign country, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or has ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/medical-schools-racial-preferences-do-no-harm-report-62470941

FORTUNE
— High income taxpayers in California and New York set for a SALT windfall in 2026.  My critics opponents were furious a) that I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 because I itemized and b) that my wife and I paid less federal income tax 1978-2017 because we itemized. I should write about that.
https://fortune.com/2025/07/16/salt-cap-california-new-york-trump-tax-bill/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— IRS is building a vast system to share millions of taxpayers’ data with ICE. Illegals use phony Social Security numbers.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/07/irs-building-vast-system-share-millions-taxpayers-data-ice/406739/

PHYS
— According to my critics/opponents, a) they owe all their successes to meritocracy and b) I owe all my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-scholar-meritocracy-schools-redefine-purpose.html

July 16, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Trump lashes out at Republicans over Jeffrey Epstein file demands
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-lashes-out-at-republicans-over-jeffrey-epstein-file-demands/3790673/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A second chance for school choice in Illinois. My patents had far less money because they paid to send me and my brother to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. Ironically, the public grade school was across the street from our home. My father almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/16/school-choice-illinois-pritzker-ecca/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump budget cuts
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/07/16/china-illinois-soybean-production-research-trumps-usaid-cuts-dick-durbin


SOUTHERN
— Churches, now allowed to endorse candidates, could transform campaign finances. The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/16/churches-now-allowed-to-endorse-candidates-could-transform-campaign-finances/

RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth Stresses Urgent Need to Modernize Our Air Traffic Control Systems. I worked for GAO on an audit of FAA Air Traffic Control Systems in the early 1980s.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-stresses-urgent-need-to-modernize-our-air-traffic-control-systems-at-summit-84378.cfm?

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/arts-culture/teaching-antiracism-is-a-practice-of-freedom-20449933

RUSS STEWART
— TRUMP’S SUCCESS INFURTIATES DEMOCRATS, LEFTISTS WITH TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME
http://www.russstewart.com/russ-analysis.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-346/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— School choice is one of those 80/20 issues Illinois leaders are out-of-step on. My patents had far less money because they sent me and my brother to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. Ironically, the public grade school was across the street from our home. My father almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. I had to work my way through college.
https://wirepoints.org/school-choice-is-one-of-those-80-20-issues-illinois-leaders-are-out-of-step-on-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats repeat their despicable history of encouraging defiance of federal laws
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/16/democrats-repeat-despicable-history-encouraging-defiance-federal-laws/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Effort to end freebies for illegal immigrants gets a big thumbs up
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3473245/effort-to-end-freebies-for-illegal-immigrants-gets-a-big-thumbs-up/
— Secret Service compliant with nearly half of congressional reform requests. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3470826/secret-service-reforms-congressional-requests-butler-anniversary/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3471194/women-dont-need-men-to-have-children-birth-rate-marriage/

NEW YORK POST
— New GAO Butler shooting report exposes the Secret Service’s shocking culture of incompetence. All my coworkers who my Democrat GAO superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, and/or younger.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/16/opinion/butler-shooting-details-expose-the-secret-services-shocking-culture-of-incompetence/

BREITBART
— Trump Cuts Biden’s Parole Scheme by 100%
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/16/trump-cuts-bidens-parole-scheme-by-100-percent-as-zero-migrants-freed-into-us-last-month/
— Trump: ‘Jeffrey Epstein Hoax’ Is Left’s Latest Media Scam to Distract from My Success
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/16/trump-jeffrey-epstein-hoax-is-lefts-latest-media-scam-to-distract-from-my-success/
— General Motors Announces Plan to Expand Production of Gas-Powered Vehicles
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/15/general-motors-announces-plan-to-expand-production-of-gas-powered-vehicles-in-michigan/
— Promises Made, Promises Kept: Egg Prices Fell 19.8% in June, Down 61% Since February
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/16/promises-made-promises-kept-egg-prices-fell-19-8-in-june-down-61-since-february/

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s All The Nauseatingly Sexual Books The Left Wants Military Kids Reading
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/16/books-banned-dod-schools-sexual-topics-leftist-platitudes-military-kids/

FOX NEWS
— Trump’s controversial plan to fire federal workers finds favor with Supreme Court. Trump’s executive order for federal workforce reduction advances as Supreme Court permits mass layoffs at Education Department despite legal challenges.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-controversial-plan-fire-federal-workers-finds-favor-supreme-court

TOWNHALL
— Bills Introduced Requiring Sanctuary Cities to Repay Feds for Sending in Troops
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeremyfrankel/2025/07/16/bills-introduced-requiring-sanctuary-cities-to-repay-feds-for-sending-in-troops-n2660470

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Trump calls Epstein controversy a “Hoax” and “bulls***,” denouncing “weaklings” in GOP
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-jeffrey-epstein-hoax-republicans/

WASHINGTON POST
— The White House’s plan to downsize the federal government, in charts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/white-house-budget-federal-government/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Some Republicans Push to Protect Unauthorized Immigrants. Lawmakers say agricultural industry will be devastated if workers are deported. My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. My critics/opponents cannot say that because their parents had lots of money.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/immigration-law-agriculture-deportations-6d090129

FORBES
— Returning To A Past Where Only The Privileged Are Protected. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been privileged. But I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNSE83dgpcI

WTOP
— Montgomery Co. steps up to help laid-off federal workers.  No help was given to GAO employees like me who lost their jobs because of Gingrich budget cuts.
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2025/07/montgomery-county-steps-up-to-help-laid-off-federal-workers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In response, the county council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a bill that will give displaced federal workers preferential treatment for county job openings. Only qualified veterans and people with disabilities will receive higher priority.)

PENN STATE
— Internships open up a multitude of options for hard-working student. I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. They stress a) that I did not get any scholarships, b) that my ACT score was only 24, c) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, and d) that I did not get any internships. In my defense, I stress that instead of studying, I worked far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail.
https://www.psu.edu/news/bellisario-college-communications/story/internships-open-multitude-options-hard-working-student

SI LIVE
— These 19 companies will help pay for your college degree. I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. They stress a) that I did not get any scholarships, b) that my ACT score was only 24, c) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, and d) that I did not get any internships. In my defense, I stress that instead of studying, I worked far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail.
https://www.silive.com/business/2025/07/these-19-companies-will-help-pay-for-your-college-degree-report-says.html

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— State Dept layoffs necessary for ‘higher quality’ workforce, deputy secretary tells lawmakers. My Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was a Democrat who a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/07/state-dept-layoffs-necessary-for-higher-quality-workforce-deputy-secretary-tells-lawmakers/

ECONOMIST
— Having rich parents trumps hard work. Because my parents had enough money to send me to Missouri Lutheran Synod grade schools, my critics/opponents have always demonized them and me as being filthy rich. But my father never made more than $50,000 a year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2025/05/01/why-having-rich-parents-may-trump-hard-work

CONVERSATION
— Why it’s important to get a good job. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I got were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://theconversation.com/why-its-important-young-unemployed-australians-get-a-good-job-instead-of-just-any-job-260817